THE 



AMERICAN JOURNAL 



OF 



SCIENCE AND ARTS. 



CONDUCTED BY 



BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, M. D. LL. D, 



Prof. Chem., Min., &c. in Yale Coll.; Coi. Mem. Soc. Arts, Man. and Com ; and 



For. Mem. Geol. Soc, LouJon; Mem. Geol, Soc, Paris; Meia. Roy. Min. Soc, 



Dresden^ J^Jat. Hist Soc, Halle; Itnp. Agnc Soc, Moscow; Hon. Mevr. 



Lin. Soc, Paris; Nat. Hist. Soc. Belfast, Ire.; Phil, -viid Lit Soc. 



Bristol, Eng.; Lit. and Hist. Soc, Quebec; Mem. of 



Lit. and Scien. Soc. in America. 



various 



VOL. XXXI— No. 1.— OCTOBER, 1836. 



FOU JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 1836. 



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